Would you like to start raising chickens in your backyard? These posts will walk you through the entire process from setting up your brooder, caring for your baby chicks, what to include in your chicken coop, and to how to help your chickens through their yearly molt.
So you think you have a bully chicken? Learn how to determine if you have a bully chicken and how to reform the bully and restore peace and harmony to the coop. Normal Chicken Behavior vs. Bullying First, let’s discuss the difference between normal chicken behavior and bullying. Chickens will …
Your baby chicks are growing bigger every day. They are starting to look like adult chickens. You’ve moved them from the brooder to the coop. But when is the right time to switch chickens to layer feed? And what kind of feed should you choose? Learn how to transition your …
Most backyard chicken keepers will, at some point, discover an unusual egg in the coop. The most common egg oddities are either thin shelled eggs or soft shelled eggs, sometimes called rubber eggs. So what do you do when you discover one? And is it safe to eat the egg? …
Preview: This post shares several things you can do to help keep chickens cool during the summer heat. During the summer months, your chickens likely don’t have the benefit of air conditioning like humans do. Their normal body temperature is between 105 and 107 degrees. Once the temperature rises above …
There are many chicken predators that want to make a tasty meal of your chickens or their eggs. These are the most common ones you may encounter and the best ways to foil them. Warning: There are a few details of our raccoon attack that may not be suitable for …